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leavening

/ˈlɛvənɪŋ/

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What does leavening mean?

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of leaven

noun

  1. The process by which something is leavened.
  2. Synonym of leavening agent.
More meanings (1)

adjective

  1. Making light by aeration.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈlɛvənɪŋ/

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To appraise the quantity of the matter expectorated is beyond my powers: I observe the result, but do not perceive the leavening agent.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of AutobiographyTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3422
Ay, the bolting; but you must tarry the leavening.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
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This is supposed to have been done from the earliest time of PADI planting, so that the basket contains some of the original stock of seed, or at least the virtue of it leavening the whole.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307